Water Resources -- Aqueducts, Ditches, and Diversions


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The California Aqueduct flows south for over 400 miles.
California Aqueduct near Los Baños, CA (1980).


These huge pumps lift the California Aqueduct over the Tehachapi Mountains.
Edmonston Pumping Plant, California Aqueduct, near Grapevine, CA (1986).


Old miners' ditches are sometimes still in use for town water supplies.
Plumas Eureka SP, CA (1991).


The Mokelumne Aqueduct brings water across the San Joaquin Delta to the East Bay.
Upper Jones Tract, near Stockton, CA (1980).


Water diverted from the Columbia River by Grand Coulee Dam flows south and east through a series of canals and natural waterways -- including this waterfall.
Summer Falls SP, near Coulee City, WA (1980).


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